Climatology of Surface-Based Inversions in the North American Arctic

• Main Authors: Bradley, Raymond S, Keimig, Frank T.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SelectedWorks 1992
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Arctic; Midwinter
• Online Access: https://works.bepress.com/raymond_bradley/38; https://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1075&context=raymond_bradley

The annual cycle of surface-based inversions at nine Arctic weather stations is examined, based on a 20-year set of daily 1200 UT significant level radiosonde data. All stations are at or near the coast. Inversions in winter months are primarily the result of strongly negative net radiation at the s...